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chemicals increased more than 900 percent between 1947 and 1978.
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While speaking at a conference in 2001 Dr. Francisco Contreras, a Surgical Oncologist,
stated that there were approximately 170,000 chemicals in the room where he was speaking,
about 7,000 in clothing alone. He further stated that 43% of those chemicals are carcinogenic,
most were very toxic and about 2,000 are teratogenic. Teratogenic chemicals affect our DNA and
can cause many different diseases. Dr. Contreras further stated, chemicals used as pesticides are
probably the number one cause of cancer in the United States.
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In the year 2000, 1,200,000 Americans were diagnosed with cancer and 551,833 died
from cancer.
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It is now predicted that “50 percent of men and 30 percent of women in the
United States” will “develop some form of cancer at some time in their lives.”
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Certainly it can
be seen in mortality statistics that the rate of cancer deaths in the US has increased along with
increases in chemical production. The chart below shows the increasing rate of cancer deaths per
100,000 people in the US by year. According to Dr. Contreras, the slight decrease in the death
rate between 1990 and 2000 can be attributed to lifestyle changes. Americans are smoking less,
eating better, and exercising more.
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In 2001 total chemical exports were $76.8 billion.
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In the late 1970s to early 1980s the
US was exporting “at least 200 million pounds” of pesticides each year, which had either been
never registered, severely restricted or totally prohibited in the United States.
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There were
additional exports of pesticides, which were approved in the US.
According to the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety, “Chemicals in the
workplace account for a major source of human toxic exposures. Occupational exposures to
hazardous substances has contributed significantly to both diseases and deaths to workers world-
wide. The ILO estimates that hazardous exposures to toxic substances could cause some 340,000
deaths per year globally, not to mention the number of people subjected to injuries and illnesses
caused by chemicals…”
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A doctor at a rural Columbian hospital said that one of the most frequent reasons that
people come to his hospital is because of pesticide poisoning.
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The Intergovernmental Forum
on Chemical Safety estimates that pesticide poisoning results in 220,000 deaths per year. In a
News release they state:
Pesticide poisoning is a major public health problem in developing
countries. The extent of the problem is unknown; the WHO has estimated an
annual worldwide incidence of 3 million cases of acute, severe poisoning
(including suicides), matched possibly by a much greater number of mild-to-
moderate intoxication, with some 220,000 deaths.
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In the long term disease and sickness caused by the 3 million “acute, severe poisonings”
and the much greater number of “mild-to-moderate” poisonings most certainly results in many
more deaths and chronic illnesses. The documentary Pesticides and Pills for Export Only make’s
the following observation:
The circle of poison from the double standard of exporting pesticides
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